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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
15.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 2AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (25 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
0
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0
0
0
0
!
0
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0
0
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0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
2.4
S
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888101112121212121111101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)816789759790280438004823465127462442216519501747156116081449123216761124134110139931170940
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
1.68
9:33AM
1.72
10:03PM
1.71
10:29AM
1.71
11:04PM
1.75
11:29AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26AM
0.30
3:56PM
0.29
4:22AM
0.32
4:49PM
0.27
5:21AM
0.32
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset-9:02-------9:01-------9:00------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-333321--11-1-----------
Temp. °C131313121212131415141515151515151615141313131414
Feels °C (?)7787891110111011121212121112121110991011
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